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SPIRITUAL  PSYCHOLOGY 

AND 

HUMAN  EFFICIENCY 

OR 

Mhe    Science    of 
Knowing    Ourselves 


Published  hy 

MRS.  ADELLE  HOWLAND 

PSYCHOLOGIST  AND  HEALTH  CULTURIST 
50  MARY  STREET,  PASADENA,  CALIF. 


COPYRIGHT  APPLIED  FOR 
JUNE,  1921 


CONTENTS 


FIRST  LECTURE 

PHYSICAL 

1.  How  to  rebuild  the  body.  2.  How  to  live,  eat,  exercise,  breathe,  sleep 
so  that  at  the  age  of  75  you  may  be  supple  and  agile,  and  healthy  as  at  the 
age  of  25.  3.  How  to  develop  the  lung  capacity  so  that  tuberculosis  is  im- 
possible. 4.  How  to  build  the  body  of  a  child  so  he  will  be  strong  and 
healthy  during  life.  5.  How  to  overcome  any  acute  disease  if  taken  at  the 
onset  within  24  to  48  hours. 

SECOND  LECTURE 

MENTAL 

1.  How  to  make  of  yourself  a  Super-man  or  a  Superior  Person.  2.  The 
laws  and  workings  of  the  mind  explained.  3.  How  to  be  positive  and  suc- 
cessful in  business.  4.  How  to  develop  scientifically  the  will  power,  the 
memory  and  the  reason,  also  any  other  faculty  of  the  mind.  5.  How  to 
generate  at  will,  human  electricity,  personal  magnetism,  or  pep.  Two 
formulas.  6.  How  to  train  your  children.  7.  How  to  obtain  a  magnetic 
personality.  8.  How  to  control  the  mental  attitude  and  think  correctly, 
and  gain  self  control. 

THIRD  LECTURE 

THE  SOUL 

1.  What  it  is  like.  2.  What  it  contains.  3.  How  it  can  be  made  to  serve 
you.  4.  How  to  write  inspirationally.  5.  How  to  send  messages  by  mental 
telepathy.  6.  How  the  Soul  may  travel.  7.  By  what  method  it  is  possible 
to  see  future  events.  8.  Seat  of  happiness,  where  located.  9.  How  to  be 
blissfully  happy.     10.  The  X-ray  picture. 

FOURTH  LECTURE 

SPIRITUAL 

The  downfall  of  man  explained.  How  one  may  live  forever  in  happiness  and 
bliss  if  he  desires  to. 


Note.  These  lectures  are  very  deep  and  Scientific,  and  require  study  and  deep 
concentration  of  the  mind.  They  should  be  read  and  studied  every  day,  for  thirty  days, 
and  the  formulas  practiced.  If  you  will  follow  the  instructions  herein  given,  your  life 
will  positively  be  transformed  within  a  short  time. 


MY  GUARANTEE 

If  after  thirty  days  of  thorough  study  of  the  lectures  and  practice  of  the  formulas 
herein  contained,  you  can  conscientiously  say  the  instructions  have  not  been  worth 
$500.00  or  more  to  you,  I  will  cheerfully  refund  the  price  paid  for  the  same. 

MRS.  ADELLE  HOWLAND, 

Psychologist  and  Health  Culturist. 

Price  $10.00. 


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Is  there  a  blessing  known  ? 

Pass  it  on. 
Let  it  travel  down  the  years, 
Let  it  dry  another's  tears, 
Till  in  Heaven  the  deed  appears, 

Pass  it  on. 


FIRST  LECTURE 

PHYSICAL 

VV1  E  have  an  intensely  interesting  and  fascinating  study  before  us  in 
W/  the  subject  of  Spiritual  Psychology  and  Human  Efficiency,  which  is 
simply  the  study  of  ourselves,  or  the  greatest  studyvof  mankind,  which  is 
said  to  be  man,  physically,  mentally,  morally  and  spiritually. 

We  know  much  about  art,  science,  literature,  our  automobiles,  even 
our  horses,  dogs  and  canary  birds,  but  I  want  to  ask  you  in  all  honesty 
how  much  do  we  know  about  ourselves  ?  We  are  dependent  upon  our  phy- 
sicians for  the  knowledge  we  have  of  our  bodies,  we  know  little  about  the 
laws  and  workings  of  our  minds,  less  still  about  the  Soul,  and  practically 
nothing  about  the  Spirit.  It  is  my  intention  to  give  you  an  introduction 
to  yourself,  or  in  other  words  to  make  an  X-ray  picture  of  you,  and  when 
you  see  yourself  for  the  first  time,  I  trust  you  will  not  be  like  the  native  of 
South  America,  who  picked  up  a  hand  mirror  which  had  been  dropped  by 
a  missionary.  He  held  it  up  to  his  face,  and  when  he  saw  himself  for  the 
first  time,  he  dropped  the  mirror  and  ran,  frightened  almost  to  death.  So  I 
trust  when  we  see  the  X-ray  picture  which  I  expect  to  make  of  you,  we 
will  not  be  frightened  but  will  remain  with  our  studies  until  we  have  fin- 
ished them  all. 

Mankind  as  a  whole  is  only  about  one  third  of  what  he  might  become 
under  proper  development.  He  is  using  only  about  one  third  of  his  brain 
power,  a  part  of  his  physical  capacity,  and  the  average  person  uses  a  small 
part  of  his  lung  power.  It  is  possible  by  knowledge  and  the  right  applica- 
tion of  the  laws  and  principles,  which  I  expect  to  teach  you,  to  make  of 
yourselves  practically  anything  you  wish  to  become,  providing  you  will 
go  the  right  way  about  it,  and  are  willing  to  work  and  sacrifice  for  it. 

In  our  first  lecture  which  will  be  on  the  Physical,  or  the  body,  we  teach 
you  how  to  rebuild  yourself;  how  to  live  in  conformity  to  natural  law  so 
you  will  grow  younger  and  more  agile,  and  at  the  age  of  fifty  or  sixty  be 
as  you  were  at  sixteen;  also  how  to  overcome  any  disease  at  the  onset 
within  twenty-four  to  thirty-six  hours ;  how  to  eat,  drink,  bathe,  exercise, 
and  live  so  to  be  healthy,  happy  and  successful. 

In  our  second  lecture  (the  mental)  we  teach  you  the  laws  and  work- 
ings of  the  mind;  how  to  develop  scientifically  the  will  power,  the  reason, 
and  the  memory;  also  how  to  generate  nerve  energy  at  will,  so  you  may 
be  at  all  times  full  of  energy  or  pep,  how  to  be  positive  and  successful. 


In  the  third  lecture  we  tell  you  about  the  Soul,  what  it  is  like,  how  it 
can  be  made  to  serve  you,  etc.  How  to  tell  the  condition  of  the  Soul.  It  is 
the  seat  of  your  happiness.    How  it  can  be  regenerated,  etc. 

In  the  fourth  lecture  (The  Spiritual)  we  teach  you  how  you  may  live 
forever  in  happiness  and  bliss  if  you  desire  to.  We  teach  you  about  the 
fall  of  man,  how  he  can  be  regenerated. 

I  would  like  to  make  this  assertion  before  we  start.  Although  it  is 
possible  for  man  to  make  of  himself  almost  anything  he  desires,  yet  he 
cannot  gain  for  himself  eternal  life.  This  is  a  gift  and  will  be  fully  ex- 
plained as  we  advance  with  our  studies. 

THE  PHYSICAL,  OR  BODY 

Christ,  the  greatest  teacher  who  ever  lived  or  ever  will  live,  always 
taught  Spiritual  truths  by  comparing  them  to  natural  facts ;  as  in  the  case 
of  the  wise  man  who  built  his  house  upon  a  rock,  and  the  rains  descended 
and  the  winds  blew  and  beat  upon  the  house  and  it  fell  not,  because  it  was 
founded  upon  a  rock. 

To  the  foolish  man  who  built  his  house  upon  the  sand,  and  the  rains 
descended  and  the  winds  blew  and  beat  upon  the  house  and  it  fell  and 
great  was  the  fall  thereof. 

So  by  comparing  ourselves  to  a  four-story  house — the  Physical  to  the 
foundation,  or  first  story,  the  Mental  to  the  second  story,  the  Soul  to  the 
third  story,  and  the  Spiritual  to  the  fourth  story,  we  will  receive  a  mental 
grasp  of  our  subject  which  would  be  hard  to  convey  to  our  minds  in  an- 
other way. 

The  Physical  is  the  foundation,  and  upon  the  strength  and  well  built 
condition  of  the  physical  in  childhood  depends  all  the  other  three  stories. 
Like  the  building  of  a  house,  its  strength  and  durability  depends  on  the 
kind  of  material  which  is  used  in  its  construction.  If  it  is  of  the  right  kind, 
the  building  or  body  will  be  strongly  built,  and  when  life's  storms  assail 
us,  it  will  not  break  down  but  will  be  like  the  house  built  upon  the  rock. 

As  a  building  is  constructed  out  of  the  material  which  is  put  into  it, 
so  our  bodies  are  built  out  of  the  material  or  food  we  put  into  them.  If 
the  material  out  of  which  we  have  built  our  bodies  in  childhood,  has  not 
been  good,  we  are  like  the  house  built  upon  the  sand.  When  the  storms  of 
life  assail  us,  it  falls  to  pieces,  and  one  either  goes  into  a  state  of  invalidism 
or  passes  away.  This  is  a  sad  picture,  especially  so,  when  we  ourselves 
are  not  responsible  for  the  care  we  had  in  childhood  or  the  method  by  which 
the  Physical  has  been  built.  But  I  have  some  good  news  to  tell  you !  It  is 
possible  even  in  the  age  of  maturity  to  reconstruct  ourselves,  so  that,  as 
the  years  go  by,  we  may  become  stronger  and  healthier,  and  be  stronger, 
more  flexible  and  agile  at  the  age  of  fifty  or  sixty  than  at  the  age  of  twenty 
or  twenty-five — providing  we  have  no  incurable  disease,  and  if  we  have, 
the  condition  may  be  greatly  benefited  and  sometimes  cured,  by  following 

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the  methods  which  I  shall  explain  later.  For  the  incurable  I  would  say, 
that  although  there  seems  no  hope,  yet  above  and  beyond  any  power  of 
man,  there  is  a  Divine  power  "Who  forgiveth  all  our  iniquities,  who  healeth 
all  our  diseases." 

Now  I  am  sure  you  are  interested  to  know  how  this  reconstruction 
process  is  to  be  accomplished,  and  before  I  tell  you  about  it,  I  am  first 
going  to  tell  you  something  about  the  Architect  or  the  builder  of  this  tem- 
ple, also  of  the  whole  universe  and  world  upon  which  we  live,  whom  we  all 
know  to  be  God. 

Resting  in  the  bosom  of  infinity,  our  little  world  is  upheld  by  the  hand 
of  Deity  as  a  babe  in  the  arms  of  its  mother.  It  is  His  child,  His  creation. 
His  breath  is  its  atmosphere.  His  laws  are  its  delight.  Their  obedience  is 
not  questioned  or  disregarded.  All  nature  revolves  in  one  vast  system  of 
law,  harmony,  order,  and  regulation;  upheld  by  the  fixed  immutable,  un- 
changeable laws  of  the  universe — God's  laws. 

When  understandingly  we  approach  and  consider  the  three  kingdoms 
of  the  earth,  embracing  the  mineral,  the  vegetable,  and  the  animal,  what 
a  marvelous  display  of  infinite  intelligence  we  find!  Each  tiny  molecule 
in  the  earth's  stratum  are  held  together  as  in  a  vice  through  the  operation 
of  the  law  of  molecular  attraction. 

Operating  along  these  same  lines  is  the  stupendous  law  of  gravitation, 
also  the  power  of  steam,  and  later  on  the  wonders  of  electrical  phenomena, 
the  great  and  mighty  forces  of  nature  now  harnessed  and  brought  under 
the  sway  of  man  to  be  used  for  his  benefit. 

In  the  vegetable  kingdom  we  find  the  infinite  wisdom,  law,  and  un- 
bounded love  of  God  depicted  in  the  grandeur  of  the  scenery ;  in  the  velvety 
green  carpet  underneath  our  feet;  in  the  face  of  every  blossoming  flower; 
in  the  blossoming  and  the  fruitage  of  the  fruit  trees ;  in  the  golden  yellow 
fields  of  ripening  grain. 

In  the  animal  kingdom,  we  find  the  love  and  tenderness  of  the  father- 
hood and  motherhood  of  God  combined;  bringing  forth  the  very  highest 
type  of  all  God's  creation, — man — created,  in  the  beginning,  in  the  image 
and  likeness  of  his  creator.  "In  the  image  and  likeness  of  God  created  he 
them  "male  and  female."  In  the  lower  order  of  the  animal  kingdom  all 
were  made  to  be  subject  to  the  law  and  dominion  of  man. 

In  this  human  and  animal  kingdom  we  hear  the  Divine  fiat  of  the 
Creator's  voice  saying,  "reproduce,  increase  and  multiply,  replenish  the 
earth  and  subdue  it."  The  law,  the  order,  the  harmony  and  the  omni- 
presence of  God  are  again  depicted  in  the  coming  and  going  of  the  seasons ; 
the  regularity  and  rhythm  of  the  tides;  in  the  rising  and  setting  of  the 
sun;  in  the  revolving  of  the  earth  upon  its  axis,  and  the  movings  of  the 
planetary  systems  about  the  sun. 


So  we  find  that  our  God,  the  Creator  of  the  Heavens  and  the  Earth  and 
of  mankind,  is  a  God  of  infinite  intelligence.  We  find  also  that  he  operates 
through  fixed  immutable  laws.  Through  scientific  study  and  observation 
we  find  these  laws  are:  1.  Order.  2.  Regularity.  3.  System.  4  Har- 
mony.    5.  Rhythm.     6.  Love  and  fixed,  immutable,  unchangeable  law. 

When  God's  laws  are  perfectly  obeyed  there  is  always  perfect  harmony 
and  peace.  Nature  always  obeys  his  laws,  and  nothing  is  wrong  or  out  of 
order  in  nature.  There  is  nothing  wrong  with  the  whole  universe  ex- 
cepting man.  What  is  wrong  with  man?  Before  we  finish  with  our  full 
course  of  instructions  we  will  find  out  what  is  wrong  with  him. 

Yet  man  is  the  greatest  of  all  God's  creation.  By  study  we  find  him 
to  be  a  miniature  universe  in  himself.  His  body  is  composed  of  millions 
of  tiny  cells;  these  are  held  together  in  compact  form  by  the  law  of  heat 
and  cold ;  the  heat  on  the  inside  and  the  cold  outside,  compressing  together 
the  atoms,  or  by  the  law  of  vibratory  action. 

As  the  universe  is  upheld  by  fixed  immutable  laws,  so  our  Physical 
being  is  governed  by  laws  or  the  laws  of  nature.  By  living  in  harmony 
and  obedience  to  these  laws  we  have  health,  strength  and  longevity.  Vio- 
lation of  any  one  of  the  laws  of  nature  brings  a  train  of  woes  too  numerous 
to  mention. 

By  study  and  observation  we  find  there  are  ten  laws  of  the  body 
which  we  must  observe  and  obey  if  we  would  be  healthy,  strong  and  suc- 
cessful. These  are:  1.  Sunshine.  2.  Fresh  air.  3.  Food.  4.  Sleep  and 
Rest.  5.  Exercise.  6.  Regularity.  7.  Warmth.  8.  Elimination.  9.  Clean- 
liness.   10.  Water.    The  law  of  sunshine  will  be  our  first  consideration. 

Sunshine  is  God's  great  antiseptic  and  disease  destroyer.  We  do  well 
if  we  spend  a  part  of  our  time  each  day  out  where  its  rays  can  penetrate 
our  bodies.  Especially  is  it  beneficial  for  one  who  is  weak  to  take  sun  baths, 
or  lie  in  the  sun  with  no  clothing  on.  Beginning  with  fifteen  minutes  a 
day,  continue  increasing  the  time  until  hour  sun  baths  may  be  taken.  I 
would  advise  anyone  who  can  do  so  to  wear  light  or  white  clothing.  You 
place  a  dark  cloth  over  green  grass  and  it  grows  yellow  underneath.  Our 
skin  is  like  the  grass,  it  becomes  in  an  unhealthy  condition  when  dark 
clothing  is  worn. 

The  next  law  is  fresh  air.  It  is  necessary  that  our  home  be  well  ven- 
tilated, especially  our  sleeping  rooms.  Outdoor  sleeping  is  very  beneficial, 
providing  the  body  does  not  become  chilled ;  we  are  much  like  a  hot-house 
plant,  and  should  protect  ourselves  just  as  carefully,  as  a  horticulturist 
does  a  rare  and  exotic  flower. 

In  order  to  be  well  and  strong  it  is  imperative  that  we  learn  to  breathe 
correctly;  about  one  person  in  a  hundred  uses  all  his  lung  capacity.  The 
abdomen  should  be  drawn  in  and  the  ribs  expanded  under  the  arms  and  the 
breath  forced  up  into  the  chest,  held  for  a  second  then  expelled.  Well  de- 
veloped lungs  make  tuberculosis  impossible.     Watch  the  breathing  of  a 

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perfectly  healthy  child  and  imitate  it.  Always  imitate  the  natural — Nature 
is  in  harmony  with  God's  laws — man  is  out  of  harmony.  If  you  wanted  to 
draw  a  straight  line  you  would  take  a  ruler  and  draw  a  line — then  you 
would  try  to  make  one  like  it.  So  always  imitate  the  natural  in  everything. 
This  is  the  slogan  of  this  lecture. 

Next  to  fresh  air  comes  food.  People  make  a  great  mistake  when 
they  try  to  economize  on  food  to  save  money.  The  body  is  built  out  of  the 
material  which  is  put  into  it,  and  the  better  the  material,  the  stronger  and 
more  enduring  is  the  physical.  Plain  substantial  food  as:  Beef,  rice, 
potatoes,  whole  grains,  milk,  etc.,  are  the  foods  our  ancestors  were  raised  on 
and  they  had  better  constitutions  than  we  have  in  this  age.  In  building  the 
body  of  a  child,  there  are  a  few  rules  which  I  will  give  which  will  assist 
wonderfully  in  giving  a  strong  constitution. 

Avoid  sweets  of  all  kinds.  Honey  is  better  to  use  than  sugar — (of 
course  children  will  get  some  sweets  for  everyone  is  always  giving  them 
candy,  and  it  is  very  difficult  for  a  mother  to  prevent  it )  (They  receive 
enough  on  the  outside  to  supply  all  that  is  needed  in  the  system.)  (This 
has  been  my  own  experience.) 

Give  the  child  the  whole  grains — wheat,  corn,  oats,  or  oat  meal,  (the 
devil  invented  the  grist  mill — to  destroy  men's  lives).  A  child  should  al- 
ways have  an  abundance  of  pure,  sweet  milk,  regular  meals,  and  ten  hours 
of  sleep.  He  should  be  allowed  to  run  about  and  play,  go  barefooted  in 
the  summer,  be  as  free  as  the  birds  of  springtime. 

There  are  several  laws  in  regard  to  food  which  everyone  should  ob- 
serve to  be  healthy  and  efficient:  1.  Never  eat  unless  hungry.  2.  Chew 
every  bite  until  a  liquid.  3.  Never  put  anything  into  the  body  which  does 
not  belong  in  it.  4.  Every  meal  should  contain  a  protein,  a  carbohydrate, 
oil  and  mineral  matter.  Meat,  peas,  beans,  cheese,  etc.,  contain  protein. 
Rice,  bread,  potatoes,  or  starchy  foods  contain  carbohydrates. 

A  sample  meal  would  be :  Meat,  potatoes,  whole  wheat  bread,  butter. 
The  oil  and  salt  in  butter  contain  fat  and  mineral  matter — making  a  com- 
plete food  for  one  meal.  Much  is  written  in  physical  culture  magazines 
and  physiologies  relative  to  food  combinations;  those  interested  in  the 
study  of  food  subjects  would  do  well  to  make  an  investigation  of  this  sub- 
ject, as  we  will  not  take  it  up  in  detail  at  this  time. 

Our  next  law  is  sleep  and  rest.  We  should  have  six  to  eight  hours' 
sleep  every  night — two  always  before  mid-night.  When  retiring  for  the 
night,  drop  from  the  mind  all  the  events  of  the  day.  If  there  is  difficulty 
in  relaxation,  towels  wrung  out  of  hot  water  and  placed  over  the  abdomen 
for  one-half  hour  before  going  to  sleep  is  very  beneficial  to  secure  perfect 
relaxation ;  sitz  baths  are  also  very  good  for  this  purpose.  Before  dropping 
off  to  sleep  if  one  can  say  from  the  heart,  "I  love  the  Lord  my  God,  with  all 
my  Soul,  with  all  my  heart,  with  all  my  strength,  with  all  my  mind,  and 

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my  neighbor  as  myself/'  the  sleep  will  indeed  be  sweet  and  refreshing,  and 
a  sense  of  exhilaration  will  be  in  the  mind  on  awakening  in  the  morning. 

Anyone  who  can  do  so,  should  take  a  nap  in  the  afternoon.  It  will 
prolong  life,  and  enable  you  to  do  your  work  more  easily  and  effectively. 

The  next  law  which  we  will  consider  is  exercise.  I  will  give  one  rule 
for  exercising.  Whether  working,  walking,  climbing,  hiking,  or  exercising 
in  a  gym,  it  should  be  rythmic,  harmonic  and  systematic.  Imitate  waving 
branches,  the  frolicksome  gambols  of  a  playful  kitten;  a  cow  move  her 
head — watch  children  at  play — let  it  be  accomplished  easily  and  gracefully. 

Walking  a  mile  before  sunup,  and  after  sundown  will  benefit  one  more 
than  a  drug  store  full  of  medicine.  At  this  time  the  air  is  full  of  ozone, 
which  is  a  great  tonic  to  the  system.  Always  breathe  deeply  while  walking. 
Walking  or  climbing  are  better  exercises  than  gymnastics,  because  they 
are  natural  and  do  not  cause  any  strain,  which  gymnastics  sometimes  do, 
unless  taken  very  carefully. 

Warmth  is  the  next  law  under  consideration.  The  body  must  be  prop- 
erly clothed  to  maintain  the  even  temperature  which  is  necessary  to  health. 
There  must  be  no  impingement  to  the  circulation  on  the  part  of  tight 
clothing.  Corsets,  high  collars,  high  heeled  shoes,  tight  bands,  etc.,  are  an 
abomination  and  should  be  discarded,  if  we  would  keep  young  and  healthy. 
Dress  for  comfort  and  not  for  style.  Never  should  we  let  the  body  get 
chilled.  It  is  debilitating,  and  congestion  will  follow  undue  exposure,  unless 
warmth  is  gained  in  a  short  time  afterward.    Our  next  law  is  regularity. 

To  harmonize  our  Physical  functions  with  the  laws  of  nature  will 
require  regularity  and  system  on  our  part.  We  should  have  a  regular  time 
for  arising, — the  earlier  in  the  morning  the  better — our  meals,  and  all 
life's  functions  should  be  on  schedule  time  to  maintain  a  healthy  and  a 
happy  life.  Be  good  to  yourself  and  do  not  become  so  absorbed  in  your 
occupation  or  pleasures,  that  you  fail  to  give  your  bodily  functions  prompt 
attention.  To  be  kind  to  others  you  must  first  be  kind  to  yourself.  Self 
preservation  is  the  first  law  of  man. 

Elimination  is  the  next  law  under  consideration.  Like  a  room  contain- 
ing four  windows  is  our  physical  organism.  The  organs  or  windows  are 
lungs,  kidneys,  skin  and  intestines.  Through  these  organs  all  the  waste 
materials  of  the  body  must  be  eliminated.  To  maintain  health  it  is  neces- 
sary that  all  these  organs  be  kept  open,  and  in  perfect  working  condition. 
The  lungs  must  be  kept  open  by  deep  correct  breathing,  filling  all  the  lungs 
with  every  breath.  The  kidneys  by  drinking  plenty  of  pure  water;  two 
quarts  a  day  is  the  amount  required.  The  bowels  by  laxative  food, — or  in 
the  case  of  constipation,  high  enemas, — or  herb  teas,  cascara,  etc.  The 
skin  or  pores  by  perspiration — one  should  perspire  freely  once  a  day.  Fail- 
ure to  do  this  should  be  attended  to  by  measures  which  will  be  explained 
later.    Cleanliness  and  water  are  the  last  laws  which  we  will  discuss. 

The  skin  is  like  a  sponge  containing  millions  of  little  mouths.  Through 
these  the  impurities  of  the  body  must  not  only  be  eliminated,  but  electrical 

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properties  must  be  absorbed  from  the  atmosphere  during  sleep  and  rest. 
This  will  be  explained  in  our  Mental  lecture.  So  we  see  how  important  it  is 
that  the  skin  be  given  much  attention  in  the  way  of  bathing.  It  has  been 
said  that  we  should  take  five  baths  a  day,  water,  sun  bath,  air,  friction 
and  sweating.  Brushing  is  a  very  efficacious  method  for  stimulating  the 
skin. 

The  sun  bath  has  already  been  mentioned.  The  sponge  bath  should 
be  taken  every  day,  and  a  sweat  bath  once  a  week.  We  should  drink  two 
quarts  of  water  every  day.  A  good  filter  is  a  splendid  investment  from  a 
health  standpoint.  Pure  water  is  absolutely  essential  to  health.  To  over- 
come an  acute  disease  within  twenty-four  to  forty-eight  hours — open  the 
windows  of  the  body — lungs,  kidneys,  bowels,  skin.  Lungs  by  deep 
breathing;  skin  by  a  sweat  or  turkish  bath;  bowels  by  high  enemas  or 
herb  tea;  kidneys  by  drinking  large  quantities  of  hot  water.  If  in  pain 
place  hot  applications  or  towels  wrung  out  of  hot  water  over  seat  of  pain 
until  it  has  been  relieved.  If  taken  in  time  almost  any  ordinary  ailment  can 
be  overcome  within  a  few  hours,  if  these  methods  are  persisted  in.  To 
maintain  health,  assimilation  and  elimination  must  be  equal.  The  clean 
system  is  the  healthy  system. 

To  have  a  well  ordered  day  arise  at  5 :30  a.m.  Always  arise  when  you 
first  awaken  in  the  morning.  Rub  body  vigorously  with  coarse  towel 
until  the  skin  is  red;  then  drink  two  glasses  of  water — lie  down  on  floor 
and  vibrate  over  pit  of  stomach — this  washes  the  stomach  out  and  prepares 
it  for  breakfast — many  people  are  benefited  by  omitting  the  breakfast — (a 
little  fruit  may  be  taken)  then  brush  the  skin  all  over  the  body  with  coarse 
brush  which  can  be  bought  at  any  drug  store. 

Take  rythmic  exercises  for  five  or  ten  minutes — without  apparatus  by 
swinging  arms — reaching  over  and  touching  floor  without  bending  knees, 
etc.,  then  go  out  and  walk  one  or  two  miles,  breathing  deeply,  if  possible 
walk  over  hills  and  valleys,  for  the  climbing  is  excellent  exercise. 

Chew  all  food  to  a  liquid.  Rest  often,  drink  two  quarts  of  water  daily. 
After  giving  attention  to  your  body  forget  it — one  half  hour  a  day  devoted 
to  the  care  of  God's  holy  temple  will  give  you  wonderful  returns  in  health, 
strength  and  longevity. 

MRS.  ADELLE  HOWLAND, 

Psychologist  and  Health  Culturist. 


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SECOND  LECTURE 

MENTAL 

ARVELOUS  in  its  construction  is  the  human  brain.    Through  com- 
parison we  may  liken  it  to  a  storage  battery,  a  dynamo,  or  a  magnet. 


Stored  away  in  this  wonderful  piece  of  machinery  is  the  power  to 
master  great  and  mighty  forces  of  which  we  now  little  dream. 

Lying  dormant  within  the  brain  of  each  and  every  one  of  us,  is  the 
power  to  receive  the  ability  which  tranquilizes  every  inharmonious  condi- 
tion and  brings  order  out  of  chaos. 

Subject  to  the  power  of  the  Divine  will  of  God  it  may  become  dynamic 
in  its  action  to  overthrow  the  disastrous  consequences  of  the  wages  and 
effects  of  sin.  The  achievements  of  man  in  the  past  are  as  nothing  com- 
pared to  that  which  may  be  achieved  in  the  future. 

Restoration  back  into  the  image  and  likeness  of  the  Creator  is  only 
possible  when  the  human  will  has  acquiesced  to  the  Divine  implantation 
and  through  this  operation,  man  may  be  transformed  from  the  human  into 
a  God-man — or  from  the  human  into  the  Divine.  (Man  may  make  of  him- 
self a  super-man,  but  only  God  can  make  of  him  a  God-man.) 

It  may  be  well  said  that  within  every  man  there  are  two  men.  There 
are.  (When  we  see  ourselves  in  a  mirror  we  see  our  reflection  in  the  glass, 
we  look  down  and  see  our  real  self.     This  is  typical  of  our  two  selves.) 

Science  has  proved  beyond  a  doubt  that  we  have  two  minds.  We  will 
call  them  the  conscious  and  the  sub-conscious;  the  objective  and  the  sub- 
jective, or  my  own  special  name  for  them  is  the  Prisoner  and  the  Jailer. 
The  objective  or  jailer  occupies  the  front  part  of  the  brain — the  sub-con- 
scious or  prisoner  the  back  part  of  the  brain.  Please  create  in  your  mind 
a  mental  picture.  A  jail  with  the  jailer  sitting  in  his  office  in  front,  while 
a  beautiful  wonderful  prisoner  stands  behind  the  bars,  holding  under  one 
arm,  a  book  with  many  pages,  in  his  right  hand  he  holds  a  pencil,  and  is 
constantly  writing.  This  is  the  memory.  He  obeys  every  command  of  the 
jailer,  excepting  when  a  command  is  given  which  is  contrary  to  his  con- 
science, then  he  may  yield  to  sin  or  may  resist  it. 

The  Jailer  is  often  arbitrary  and  tyrannical  in  his  commands.  The  du- 
ties of  the  Prisoner  or  Soul  is  in  the  care  of  the  jail  or  body — keeping  it  in  or- 
der, repairing  it  when  out  of  order,  managing  the  furnace  and  rebuilding  the 
jail,  constantly  as  different  parts  wear  out.    He  is  a  very  faithful  servant, 

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never  shirking  his  duty.  This  is  a  very  good  picture  or  type  of  the  human 
soul  or  subjective  mind.  In  many  people  this  prisoner  is  sad  and  unhappy ; 
never  finding  any  respite  in  unconsciousness,  for  he  never  sleeps  and  never 
dies. 

He  is  the  real  man.  He  occupies  the  house  in  which  he  lives  tempor- 
rarily.  Our  next  lecture  will  tell  you  all  about  this  very  strange  person  and 
it  is  intensely  interesting. 

In  this  our  mental  lecture  we  will  deal  with  the  objective  mind  and 
learn  about  its  development  and  unfoldment.  The  objective  mind  contains 
the  reason,  the  will  power;  and  the  power  of  commanding  the  subjective 
mind,  who  obeys  him  perfectly,  and  carries  out  every  suggestion  made  to 
him  as  far  as  possible,  when  they  do  not  interfere  with  his  sense  of  right 
and  wrong. 

He  gains  his  knowledge  through  the  five  senses,  seeing,  feeling,  tast- 
ing, hearing  and  smelling.  He  has  the  physical  body  through  which  to 
manifest  himself.  (The  life  of  the  body  is  in  the  blood  and  nerve  energy.) 
The  reason  and  will  power,  and  memory  are  subject  to  the  law  of  develop- 
ment by  proper  exercising  as  are  the  muscles  of  the  body. 

Not  one  person  in  a  thousand  is  using  all  of  his  mental  capacity.  The 
Roosevelts,  Edisons,  some  of  our  great  men  and  women  have  developed  and 
used  all  their  brain  capacity,  and  they  are  our  great  men  and  women  of  to- 
day. It  is  possible  for  anyone  who  has  ambition  and  ordinary  ability  to  be 
as  brilliant  as  they — possibly  not  in  the  same  way — not  all  talents  lie  in 
the  same  direction.  When  we  understand  the  laws  of  the  mind  and  learn 
to  apply  them  we  may  develop  and  unfold  ourselves  to  a  wonderful  and 
marvelous  degree ;  but  we  cannot  do  it  and  waste  our  time  and  talents  on 
frivolous  things.  We  must  be  willing  to  work  and  practice  as  a  master 
musician  who  is  making  music  his  life  work. 

If  we  find  we  possess  a  talent,  we  are  held  responsible  for  it,  and  should 
we  neglect  to  cultivate  it,  we  are  like  the  Bible  story  of  the  man  who  buried 
his  talent  in  a  napkin. 

Devote  hours  a  day  if  necessary  to  the  development  and  unfoldment 
of  the  mind. 

There  are  two  classes  of  people  in  the  world,  those  whom  we  will  term 
the  positive  and  the  negative.  If  I  can  hear  anyone  say  "No"  or  "I  can 
and  I  will,"  I  will  tell  you  whether  or  not  he  is  positive  or  negative.  To  be 
successful  in  any  line  it  is  necessary  to  be  very  positive.  To  be  able  to  say 
"No" — and  mean  it,  or  "Yes"  and  mean  it.    A  negative  "No"  means  yes. 

To  be  positive  it  is  necessary  to  possess  a  very  strong  will.  The  will 
power  will  grow  strong  and  powerful  by  proper  exercising.  All  the  effort 
spent  in  developing  it,  is  time  and  effort  well  spent.  Especially  should 
parents  cultivate  the  will,  for  should  they  lack  the  positive  attitude  they 
will  not  be  able  to  control  their  children.     (There  comes  a  time  in  the  life 

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of  every  child,  when  if  the  parent  does  not  control  the  child,  he  will  control 
the  parent;  this  time  usually  comes  between  the  ages  of  two  or' three  years 
old — then  is  the  time  to  fight  the  battle  to  the  finish).  If  you  then  conquer 
him  there  is  usually  no  more  trouble  later.  If  your  will  is  weak  at  that 
time,  and  you  are  not  able  to  master  him,  there  is  no  end  of  trouble  laid  up 
for  you  in  the  future.  (The  "Proverbial  Slipper,"  or  the  hickory  stick  may 
help  matters  along,  at  this  time.)  "Spare  the  rod  and  spoil  the  child"  is  a 
Scriptural  verse  of  great  significance.  Always  punish  in  love,  however, 
and  not  in  anger  or  on  the  impulse  of  the  moment. 

By  a  strong  will  power  is  not  meant  stubbornness.  The  personality  of 
one  possessing  a  strong  well  developed  will  power,  may  be  felt  when  he 
enters  the  room,  before  he  utters  a  word.  It  gives  him  power,  poise  and 
magnetism,  and  is  a  most  valuable  asset  especially  to  one  in  authority  or  in 
a  public  life.  To  develop  the  will  requires  work,  patience  and  persistent 
effort. 

We  are  told  in  the  Bible  to  "Ask  and  ye  shall  receive ;  seek  and  ye  shall 
find,  knock  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you."  So  we  should  ask  God  to  give 
us  a  strong  will  power,  then  proceed  along  the  lines  of  exercise,  to  get  it. 
(If  we  asked  God  to  give  us  a  strong  body,  and  did  not  exercise  we  would 
never  have  it.) 

So  we  have  our  part  to  do  in  its  development.  Making  yourself  do 
what  you  are  not  inclined  to  do,  as  arising  at  a  regular  time  each  morning, 
overcoming  bad  habits,  overcoming  anything,  develops  the  will.  Each 
victory  will  help  you  some  other  to  win,  is  a  very  good  motto  by  which  to 
exercise  your  will.  Each  time  you  overcome  a  temptation  you  find  it  easier 
to  do  next  time,  because  your  will  power  has  been  exercised  and  strength- 
ened by  the  effort. 

The  subjective  mind  is  like  a  sheet  of  wax — especially  in  children — it 
can  be  moulded  and  formed  by  the  positive  suggestions  of  the  objective 
mind,  or  under  certain  conditions  by  the  mind  of  another  person  who  makes 
positive  suggestions  to  it.  By  looking  one  straight  in  the  eyes  and  making 
a  positive  suggestion  the  sub-conscious  mind  may  sometimes  be  reached, 
and  any  statement  made  to  it  will  be  accepted  as  true,  and  carried  out 
accordingly. 

Auto  or  self  suggestion  is  one  of  the  most  potent  means  for  exercising 
the  will.  Write  on  slips  of  paper  the  following:  1.  God  helping  me  I  shall 
cultivate  my  will.  2.  My  will  shall  grow  stronger  every  day.  3.  My  will 
power  must  become  strong  and  powerful.  4.  My  will  power  is  strong. 
5.  I  will  master  myself  in  every  particular.  6.  I  will  overcome  every  bad 
habit.  7.  I  can  and  I  will.  8.  I  shall  control  my  children,  etc.  Look  at 
these  many  times  and  say  them  over  and  over  positively  a  dozen  of  times 
a  day,  for  months  and  years.    Persist. 

One  may  invent  other  suggestions  to  suit  each  individual  case.  An- 
other good  exercise  for  will  development  is  to  force  yourself  to  sit,  relaxed 

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and  passive,  perfectly  still  without  moving  for  five,  ten  or  fifteen  minutes 
at  a  time,  etc.  Now  that  you  have  the  idea  how  to  exercise  your  will — 
you  may  invent  methods  of  your  own,  which  will  have  the  same  effect. 

Although  these  suggestions  seem  very  simple,  yet  they  will  develop 
your  will  power  and  personality  to  a  marvelous  degree.  (Do  not  make  the 
mistake,  however,  of  doing  as  many  people  do,  "Keeping  up  on  your  will, 
or  forcing  your  body  to  do  that  which  it  is  not  able  to  do — be  good  to  your- 
self ;  give  your  body  proper  care  and  it  will  be  able  to  do  all  that  is  required. 

REASON 

The  law  of  development  is  scientific  exercise.  To  develop  the  reason, 
it  is  necessary  to  read  books  that  require  thought  and  deep  concentration. 
Never  waste  your  time  on  trashy  literature.  The  Bible  is  the  best  book  in 
the  world  for  mental  as  well  as  Spiritual  development.  (If  men  would 
spend  as  much  time  in  reading  their  Bibles  as  they  do  the  newspaper  they 
would  be  much  better  every  way.)  Mathematics  is  a  good  exercise  for  men- 
tal gymnastics,  especially  working  out  problems  in  the  mind, — adding, 
subtracting,  multiplying,  without  the  use  of  pencil  or  paper,  is  excellent 
work.  Many  people  think  when  they  finish  school  that  no  more  study  is 
necessary.  On  the  same  principle  if  an  athlete  develops  a  strong  body  and 
then  stops  working,  his  muscles  grow  week  and  atrophied.  Likewise  the 
mind  grows  weak,  if  we  stop  exercising  it.  Make  it  a  rule  of  your  life  to 
study,  at  least  a  half  hour  a  day,  and  your  brain  will  increase  in  a  manner 
which  will  surprise  you.  (When  you  have  a  few  spare  minutes, — while  on 
a  car,  or  waiting  for  one,  practice  adding  or  subtracting  in  your  mind,  your 
brain  power  will  develop  wonderfully.  "Many  people  do  not  think  at  all, 
they  think  they  think." 

For  every  condition  there  is  a  first  cause, — always  try  to  find  it.  The 
analytical  mind  desires  a  reason,  and  will  not  be  satisfied  until  one  has  been 
found  which  satisfies  it  in  every  particular. 

MEMORY 

The  memory  is  in  the  subjective  mind;  however,  it  is  subject  to  the 
same  law  of  development  as  the  will  power  and  reason,  or  in  fact  any  fac- 
ulty of  the  mind  or  body.    All  are  developed  by  use  and  exercise. 

Memorizing  anything  strengthens  the  memory.  Make  it  a  point  to 
commit  to  memory  something  every  day — a  poem,  a  quotation,  best  of  all 
a  verse  or  a  chapter  of  scripture.  By  doing  this  you  soon  become  possessed 
with  mental  as  well  as  spiritual  wealth. 

Throw  away  your  note  books,  in  which  you  write  notes.  You  want  to 
remember,  they  act  like  crutches.  Make  your  memory  work,  do  not  assist 
it  too  much.  There  are  courses  on  training  the  memory,  also  the  will 
power, — these  are  very  good  and  I  would  advise  you  to  procure  them 


although  I  have  given  you  the  laws  and  principles  and  you  can  invent  many 
exercises  for  yourself,  thus  developing  originality.  We  now  come  to  the 
study  of  nerve  energy. 

In  every  healthy  individual  there  should  be  100' ;  of  nerve  energy,  or 
human  electricity,  which  is  only  generated  by  rest  and  sleep;  also  by  the 
practice  of  the  formulas  which  I  shall  give  you.  Nerve  force  is  the  vital 
and  propelling  force  of  the  body; — every  morning  if  in  a  normal  condition 
we  have  100  per  cent.  In  the  evening — we  may  go  down  to  80  or  90  per 
cent  depending  upon  the  degree  to  which  we  have  used  our  forces  during  the 
day.  As  this  is  the  most  important  force  of  our  lives  I  want  you  to  have 
a  perfect  understanding  of  it  and  learn  how  to  generate  it  at  will,  hence 
I  will  illustrate  it. 

Please  get  into  your  minds  a  picture  of  a  thermometer.  The  mercury 
in  it  goes  down  or  up  with  every  change  of  temperature — so  the  nerve 
energy  is  down  or  up,  with  every  change  in  your  life.  In  many  people  it 
is  down  to  80  or  90  per  cent  nearly  all  the  time.  This  causes  them  to  be 
weak,  indolent,  and  subject  to  any  disease  which  comes  along.  It  takes 
the  full  amount  to  operate  all  the  organs  of  the  body,  but  if  a  deficiency 
occurs  the  Prisoner  or  subjective  mind,  who  controls  all  the  bodily  func- 
tions— has  not  enough  force  with  which  to  operate  all  the  organs,  so  in 
order  to  compensate,  he  has  to  rob  some  organ  of  energy,  in  order  to  keep 
the  person  alive.  In  absolute  wisdom  he  robs  the  one,  who  can  best  spare 
it, — usually  the  stomach  or  intestines.  He  protects  the  vital  organs,  the 
heart,  lungs,  kidneys,  and  brain,  in  every  way  possible  in  order  that  life 
may  be  maintained. 

Hurry,  worry,  dissipation,  loss  of  sleep,  etc.,  depletes  the  nerve  energy, 
and  if  it  is  not  soon  regenerated,  one  goes  down  in  a  state  of  weakness  or 
total  collapse.  It  is  like  a  bank  account.  Supposing  we  have  $100  in  the 
bank.  We  draw  out  $10  and  put  $5  back  every  day.  How  long  would  our 
$100  remain  in  the  bank?  Nerve  energy  is  the  connecting  link  between  the 
two  minds, — depletion  separates  the  soul  from  the  natural  mind. 

HOW  TO  GENERATE  NERVE  ENERGY 
Formula  No.  1 

RELAXATION  PLUS  PASSIVITY  PLUS  FIXATION  of  attention, 
equals  RECUPERATION.    Keep  in  your  mind  the  idea  of  recuperation. 

Formula  No.  2 

When  thought  ceases  the  blood  and  nerve  energy  leave  the  brain,  and 
rush  to  the  surface  of  the  skin  all  over  the  body.  There  the  pores  and  ducts 
open  up,  and  drink  in  the  electric  properties  from  the  atmosphere.  On 
awakening  this  energy  is  conveyed  by  the  nervous  system  and  circulation 

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back  to  the  brain  and  nerve  centers,  where  it  is  stored  ready  for  use.  (The 
more  we  have  of  this  vital  fluid  the  stronger  the  personality, — the  greater 
the  power,  mentally  and  physically.) 

EXPLANATION 

Sit  or  lie  down  and  relax  perfectly.  Fix  the  eyes,  passively  on  one 
object  or  let  them  wander  from  one  object  to  another.  "No  two  things  can 
occupy  the  same  space  at  the  same  time,"  neither  can  any  two  thoughts 
occupy  the  same  space  at  the  same  time.  This  exercise  will  stop  thought. 
Do  not  maintain  any  tension,  keep  quiet  and  passive.  Do  not  strain  the 
eyes.  Move  head  slowly  to  the  right.  Exhale  while  moving  head  slowly  to 
the  left.  Inhale  while  raising  right  arm  slowly.  Exhale  while  lowering 
right  arm.  Repeat  with  left  arm.  Take  same  exercise  with  limbs.  Open 
and  close  eyes,  inhaling  and  exhaling  while  opening  and  closing  them ;  close 
one  eye  and  look  at  end  of  the  nose  while  inhaling ;  close  other  eye  and  look 
at  the  end  of  nose  while  exhaling.  By  this  time  one  should  feel  a  tingling 
sensation  all  over  the  body,  especially  in  the  arms,  hands  and  limbs,  and  he 
should  be  in  a  semiconscious  condition.     If  he  is  not,  repeat  the  exercise. 

This  exercise  should  occupy  from  fifteen  minutes  to  one  half  an  hour, 
and  may  be  taken  at  any  time,  but  it  is  better  to  have  a  regular  hour,  for 
generating  nerve  energy  every  day.  This  formula  will  be  worth  thousands 
of  dollars  to  you,  when  you  learn  to  accomplish  it  successfully.  When 
aroused  you  should  feel  as  though  you  had  taken  a  good  refreshing  nap, 
and  the  nerve  energy  should  be  up  to  the  100';  mark,  sometimes  it  may 
run  over  to  105  or  110'; — then  we  may  help  our  weak  brother  or  sister, 
by  holding  their  hands  in  both  of  ours,  and  imparting  our  strength  to  them. 
Always  conserve  your  energy.  Never  waste  your  energy.  To  husband 
your  forces  practice  the  following:  1.  Slow  deliberate  movements.  2.  Op- 
timistic, happy  frame  of  mind.  3.  Never  let  trifles  or  annoying  occur- 
rences trouble  you.  4.  Be  content  with  what  you  have.  5.  Pray  without 
ceasing."  6.  "Wait  on  the  Lord."  7.  Love  and  not  hate.  8.  "Seek  ye  first 
the  Kingdom  of  God  and  his  righteousness  and  all  things  will  be  added 
unto  you." 

PSYCHICS  AND  NON-PSYCHICS 

There  are  two  classes  of  people  in  the  world  other  than  the  positive 
and  the  negative.  These  are  called  the  Psychic  and  Non-Psychic.  The 
Psychics  are  the  natural  people.  These  may  be  told  by  four  indications. 
1.  The  large  luminous  child's  eye.  2.  The  flat  top  of  the  head.  3.  The  full 
temples.  4.  By  pressure  from  one  to  four  minutes  on  the  ulner  nerve,  in 
the  hand.  If  a  tingling  sensation  is  experienced  from  the  point  of  pressure 
to  the  base  of  the  brain  it  indicates  a  natural  Psychic. 

The  Psychics  usually  assent  to  all  you  say  while  in  converation  with 
them.  The  Non-Psychics  are  hard  to  influence  and  have  to  have  a  reason 
for  everything.    They  very  often  antagonize  you.    A  Psychic  child  seldom 

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needs  punishment.  You  can  influence  him  by  positive  suggestions  making 
him  almost  anything  you  wish  to  become,  by  positively  suggesting  to  him, 
"Johnny  you  are  going  to  be  the  best  boy  in  California  to-day."  "You  will 
never  smoke,  drink  or  do  the  bad  things  some  boys  do."  You  will  always 
mind  father,  etc.  You  are  going  to  study  hard;  save  your  money;  be  a 
preacher  or  a  doctor,"  etc. 

Look  him  straight  in  the  eyes  and  use  powerful,  positive  suggestion. 
Many  parents  ignorant  of  these  wonderful  laws  of  suggestion,  are  ruining 
for  life  their  children  by  telling  them  they  are  mean,  ugly,  selfish,  they 
are  going  to  the  bad, — calling  them  nick-names,  which  annoy  them,  etc., 
etc.  Such  names  as  "Dearie,"  "Darling,"  "Honey,"  "Sweetheart,"  have  an 
excellent  psychological  effect  on  the  mind  of  the  child,  and  should  always 
be  used  by  the  parents. 

HOW  TO  HAVE  A  MAGNETIC  PERSONALITY 

1.  Always  think  of  the  happiness  and  best  welfare  of  others.  2.  Cul- 
tivate the  habit  of  seeing  the  good,  not  the  evil  in  your  friends.  3.  Be  kind 
hearted  and  considerate.  4.  Strive  to  please,  by  your  manner,  appearance, 
and  personality.  5.  Study  yourself  in  the  mirror  and  cultivate  a  pleasant 
expression.  6.  Cultivate  a  beautiful  speaking  voice.  7.  Cultivate  a  win- 
ning smile. 

It  may  well  be  worth  your  while 
You  may  many  hearts  beguile 
With  your  smile,  with  your  smile. 
You  can  banish  clouds  away 
Change  the  darkness  into  day 
Cheer  the  traveler  on  his  way 
With  your  smile,  with  your  smile. 

THOUGHT  PRECEDES  ACTION 

Your  thoughts  create  your  atmosphere  or  the  Aurora  which  surrounds 
you.  Always  think  bright,  happy,  loving,  optimistic  thoughts.  Expect 
the  good — never  the  evil — for  we  usually  get  what  we  expect  or  what  we 
fear.  Think  love,  joy,  peace,  happiness,  abundance,  health,  strength, 
vigor,  courage,  bravery,  and  be  thankful  for  everything.  Commit  the 
150th  Psalm  to  memory,  and  repeat  it  often.  You  will  soon  find  your  dif- 
ficulties vanishing  as  the  mist  before  the  morning  sun. 

In  closing,  I  will  give  you  some  rules,  which  I  have  already  given,  but 
will  do  well  to  repeat. 

1.  Be  poised.  2.  Be  balanced.  3.  Imitate  the  natural.  4.  Repetition 
increases  the  power  of  suggestion  whether  to  yourself  or  another  person; 
5.  Cultivate  habits  of  order  and  system.    6.  Never  worry  or  have  the  blues. 

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7.  Never  tell  your  troubles.  8.  Husband  your  forces.  9.  Downward  ges- 
tures increase  the  power  of  suggestion.  10.  Have  a  place  for  everything 
and  everything  in  its  place.    Read  and  make  a  study  of  the  Bible. 

WHAT  TO  AVOID 

1.  Cheap,  trashy  literature.  2.  Tobacco,  liquor,  drugs,  tea,  coffee,  pork 
and  oysters.  3.  Slang  and  careless  language  (swearing).  4.  Evil  associa- 
tions and  negative  people.  5.  High  heels,  corsets,  tight  bands,  any  clothing 
which  is  uncomfortable.  6.  Lying  in  bed  after  awaking  in  the  morning,  it 
is  debilitating.  With  one  Bible  verse  I  will  close.  If  you  follow  this  line  of 
thought  you  will  certainly  have  no  trouble  in  right  thinking. 

"Whatsoever  things  are  true;  whatsoever  things  are  honest,  whatso- 
ever things  are  just,  whatsoever  things  are  pure,  whatsoever  things  are 
lovely,  whatsoever  things  are  of  good  report;  if  there  be  any  virtue,  and 
if  there  be  any  praise,  think  on  these  things."  Philippians  4-8. 

MRS.  ADELLE  HOWLAND, 

Psychologist  and  Health  Culturist. 


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THIRD  LECTURE 

THE    SOUL 

"^^"\HEN  climbing  to  the  top  of  a  lofty  mountain  peak  we  ascend  the 
\A/   heights  and  gaze  on  the  supernal  beauty  of  the  scene  around  and 
below  us,  we  become  enveloped  with  a  sense  of  awe,  wonder  and  deep  and 
holy  reverence. 

Before  our  vision  lies  vistas  of  a  world  we  have  never  yet  explored. 
So  today,  in  the  realm  of  Physical  research  we  are  approaching  a  world  con- 
cerning which  we  have  had  but  little  cognizance  in  the  past,  but  now  the 
veil  is  lifted  for  one  brief  second,  that  we  may  look  beyond  and  see  that 
which  hitherto  has  been  unseen  and  unknown. 

To  study  the  Soul  and  the  Spirit,  seems  to  me  like  treading  on  holy 
ground  and  I  feel  most  unworthy  to  be  intrusted  with  the  secrets  which 
have  been  given  to  me,  and  that  I  am  about  to  impart  to  you.  But  that  is 
my  mission. 

We  have  found  in  our  first  lecture  how  to  live  in  harmony  with  natural 
law  so  as  to  be  healthy,  happy  and  successful,  also  how  to  overcome  dis- 
ease, and  to  practically  rebuild  our  body.  In  our  second  lecture  we  learned 
the  laws  and  workings  of  the  mind — how  to  develop  and  unfold  the  objec- 
tive mind,  how  to  generate  nerve  energy,  which  is  the  connecting  link  be- 
tween the  two  minds.  Now  we  come  to  the  study  of  this  very  strange  person 
whom  we  have  named  the  Prisoner. 

In  order  to  study  the  Soul,  we  will  have  to  consult  science  and  the  Bible 
and  ask  for  Divine  inspiration ;  as  we  cannot  perceive  the  Soul  with  any  of 
our  five  senses,  but  one  the  sense  of  feeling.  When  the  canal  was  cut 
through  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  some  years  ago,  our  two  oceans,  the  Pacific 
on  the  west  side,  and  the  Atlantic  on  the  east,  met  and  kissed  each  other. 
Today  I  hold  to  the  fact  that  science  and  the  Bible,  have  met  and  shaken 
hands  together  in  our  present  study  of  Spiritual  Psychology.  Scientific 
investigation  has  long  since  established  the  fact  of  the  duality  or  the  dou- 
bleness  of  man. 

The  Bible  teaches  us  that  "There  is  a  natural  body,  and  there  is  a 
Spiritual  body." 

Scientific  investigation  has  proved  that  the  Soul  can  live  independent 
of  the  body,  through  the  statements  of  men  and  women  who  were  honest 
and  truthful,  and  have  had  the  experience  of  lying  for  hours  in  a  trance- 

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like  condition,  and  upon  their  resuscitation,  have  corroborated  each  other's 
statements  that  they  were  alive  and  able  to  travel  through  space,  and  told 
of  incidents  and  events  which  transpired  while  they  were  in  that  condition. 
(My  father-in-law,  a  godly  man,  made  the  statement  to  his  wife  an  hour 
before  his  death,  that  he  had  gone  out  of  his  body,  had  seen  it  lying  on 
the  bed. 

It  is  very  hard  for  a  materialistic  person  to  understand  what  cannot 
be  conceived  with  the  five  senses.  If  we  will  stop  and  reason  with  our- 
selves, we  will  find  we  can  perceive  the  Soul  with  the  sense  of  feeling.  Did 
you  ever  have  your  conscience  trouble  you  ?  You  felt  your  Soul.  Did  you 
ever  experience  any  great  joy  or  sorrow?  You  felt  your  Soul.  Did  you 
ever  sincerely  love  anyone?  You  felt  your  Soul.  Did  you  ever  have  any 
deep  longings  which  were  not  physical  ?    You  felt  your  Soul. 

The  subjective  mind,  soul  or  prisoner  is  imprisoned  in  this  house  or 
body  and  cannot  leave  it  permanently  until  the  oxygen  leaves  the  lungs. 
We  have  found  through  our  study  of  the  natural  man,  that  his  body  is  com- 
posed of  atoms  or  cells,  which  return  to  atoms  when  the  life  is  gone.  Its 
enabling  forces  are  blood  and  nerve  energy.  His  end  is  death.  Not  so 
with  the  soul ;  he  has  a  body  also — in  size  and  shape  a  little  larger  than  the 
natural  body.  He  never  sleeps,  and  never  dies,  but  flies  away  the  moment 
the  oxygen  has  left  the  lungs. 

He  is  the  real  man — the  Ego — the  "I  am."  We  have  found,  thus  far 
that  he  contains  the  memory — which  is  absolutely  perfect, — he  keeps  a 
perfect  record  of  all  events  and  incidents  of  the  life — and  every  night  he 
turns  over  a  page  and  in  the  morning  we  have  a  fresh  page  pure  and  white. 
He  has  everything  which  has  ever  happened  in  your  life  written  down  in 
this  immense  book — (I  have  also  a  reason  for  believing  that  every  event 
which  will  transpire  in  your  life,  is  written  down  in  possibly  another  book, 
and  the  mind  is  like  a  spool  of  thread  which  unwinds  a  little  every  day) .  In 
case  of  fever  or  great  mental  agitation  it  sometimes  unwinds  faster  than 
ordinary  and  often  those  in  delirium  or  mental  stress  can  see  events  which 
will  occur  in  the  future. 

This  is  also  explanatory  of  the  method  by  which  clairvoyants,  or  for- 
tune tellers  (so  called)  can  tell  future  events  with  accuracy.  They  read 
the  sub-conscious  mind,  while  one  is  in  a  condition  of  passivity,  usually  with 
the  attention  fixed  on  cards  or  the  palm  of  the  hands,  a  tea  cup,  etc.,  etc. 
It  is  not  all  fakery,  but  a  scientific  fact  of  great  significance.  The  Soul 
also  contains  the  heart,  which  is  the  seat  of  all  emotion.  It  also  contains 
the  conscience.  The  sense  of  right  and  wrong.  The  state  of  our  happiness 
or  our  unhappiness  is  in  the  Soul.  If  your  Soul  is  happy,  you  are  happy. 
If  your  Soul  is  unhappy,  you  are  miserable  no  matter  how  much  wealth  or 
health,  or  material  conditions  you  may  have  to  make  you  so,  you  are  un- 
happy if  your  soul  is  unhappy.  (We  have  all  seen  invalids,  and  those  hav- 
ing everything  in  the  world  to  make  them  miserable,  with  bright,  smiling, 
happy  faces.  Have  we  not  ?  And  we  have  seen  the  reverse.  The  Soul  was 
happy  and  satisfied  in  the  one,  and  miserable  in  the  other. 

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So  we  have  found  the  Soul  contains  the  memory — the  heart,  the  seat 
of  the  emotions, — also  the  conscience,  that  he  never  sleeps  and  never  dies, 
that  in  substance  he  is  like  a  sheet  of  wax  which  can  be  molded  in  any 
shape.  How  necessary  it  becomes,  that  the  soul  be  molded  in  the  right 
shape — that  it  be  not  dwarfed  or  misshapen.  How  is  it  molded  in  shape? 
By  the  power  of  suggestion,  both  by  our  own  objective  mind,  and  by  the 
suggestions  of  others.  The  more  positive  one  is,  and  the  stronger  the  will, 
the  more  potent  are  the  suggestions.  Oh,  how  necessary  it  becomes  that  we 
know  how  to  make  the  right  suggestions  in  order  to  mold  this  Soul  in  the 
right  way.  The  little  plastic  mind  of  the  child  is  molded  almost  entirely  by 
the  parents  and  teachers. 

We  have  found  the  Soul  has  a  body,  this  is  called  the  celestial  body, 
in  the  Bible — "There  are  bodies  celestial  and  bodies  terrestrial."  1  Cor. 
15-40.  This  body  never  wears  out,  or  is  sick,  or  ever  dies ;  it  is  lighter  than 
air  and  floats  upon  it,  and  travels  through  it,  as  a  fish  in  water. 

It  is  said  that  it  is  the  Soul  who  builds  the  body  or  house  in  which  he 
lives.  Starting  with  one  cell  which  is  called  (protoplasm).  He  operates  all 
the  functions  of  the  body,  working  through  the  nervous  force  and  blood, 
recreating  and  rebuilding  it.  While  the  jailer  is  asleep  he  is  on  guard 
carefully  watching  the  jail  or  body  keeping  it  in  running  condition,  very 
much  like  the  engineer  of  a  train. 

If  we  can  avoid  the  jailer  or  objective  mind,  we  can  sometimes  come 
in  touch  with  the  Prisoner,  or  Soul  who  will  obey  our  commands,  providing 
we  make  them  strong  and  powerful  enough.  Thus  we  may  influence  one 
for  good  in  the  way  of  overcoming  bad  habits,  or  in  leading  them  to  a 
higher  life,  etc. 

HOW  TO  WRITE  INSPIRATIONALLY 

Lie  down  and  go  into  a  state  of  passivity;  form  into  your  mind  the 
subject  matter  of  that  which  you  wish  to  write.  Then  listen  attentively 
to  the  voice  of  the  Soul.  Soon  you  may  be  able  to  hear  in  your  mind,  a  sen- 
tence which  you  must  write  down  at  once;  listen  silently  again  and  you 
may  hear  the  next  sentence.  Soon  you  will  be  able  to  write  down  what 
comes  to  you  as  though  you  were  taking  down  dictation. 

CAUTION 

Often  unprincipled  men  use  the  laws  of  the  mind  on  their  unwary 
victims  without  their  knowledge  and  against  their  will,  and  before  you 
know  it  you  may  be  cheated  out  of  money  or  property.  To  avoid  anyone 
influencing  you  never  let  him  look  you  straight  in  the  eyes  while  talking 
to  you.    You  will  thus  protect  yourself  from  being  unduly  influenced. 

It  is  very  hard  to  reason  while  the  eyes  are  fixed  on  one  thing.  You 
go  into  a  state  of  passivity  as  soon  as  you  do  this,  thus  starting  to  generate 
energy,  as  we  learned  in  our  last  lecture. 

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How  We  May  Use  the  Soul  for  Our  Benefit 

It  is  said  that  the  Soul  may  travel  when  we  are  asleep  or  in  a  state  of 
passivity.  Many  psychics  claim  to  have  seen  strange  phenomena,  and  we 
cannot  doubt  their  word.  What  they  have  seen  is  the  Soul  of  those  who 
are  traveling  while  asleep,  whether  they  have  seen  the  Souls  of  those  who 
have  passed  out  of  their  bodies,  or  after  death,  I  am  not  prepared  to  say — 
I  do  not  see  why  it  could  not  be  possible,  still  spiritualism  is  a  dangerous 
thing  and  the  Bible  tells  us  to  let  it  alone. 

SOUL  TRAVELING 

By  giving  yourself  a  positive  suggestion  just  before  going  to  sleep 
that  you  will  go  to  a  certain  place,  see  a  person  whom  you  would  like  to  see, 
gain  information  which  you  want  to  know,  etc.,  etc.,  you  will  sometimes  find 
the  next  day,  that  the  information  you  desired  will  come  to  your  mind, 
possibly  upon  first  awakening  in  the  morning,  or  you  may  ask  a  question 
and  the  correct  answer  will  come  to  your  mind  as  you  awaken. 

MENTAL  TELEPATHY 

When  two  minds  are  in  perfect  enrapport,  or  connection  with  each 
other,  it  is  possible  for  them  to  send  telepathic  messages  to  one  another, 
especially  when  one  is  in  a  positive  and  the  other  a  negative  condition. 
When  one  is  generating  nerve  energy,  if  he  fixes  his  mind  on  the  message 
he  wishes  to  convey  to  the  other  party,  it  may  be  received  by  the  other, 
providing  he  is  in  a  passive  condition  at  the  same  time. 

There  seems  to  be  no  limit  to  the  possibilities  which  lie  within  the 
subjective  mind.  Its  knowledge  is  infinite,  why  should  it  not  be  when  God 
created  it? — the  natural  man  was  created  out  of  the  dust  of  the  ground, 
"And  God  breathed  into  man  the  breath  of  life  and  man  became  a  living 
Soul."  Gen.  2-7. 

And  now  comes  the  X-ray  picture,  which  I  shrink  from  showing  you, 
as  a  wise  surgeon  would  shrink  from  telling  a  patient  of  a  fatal  disease 
which  had  fastened  itself  upon  him,  but  as  is  in  the  case  of  the  surgeon, 
the  malady  would  not  seem  bad  at  all  if  he  had  a  sure  and  certain  remedy. 
And  before  I  show  you  the  picture  I  am  going  to  tell  you  that  there  is  a 
remedy  which  will  make  you  the  happiest  person  in  the  world  if  you  will 
accept  it.  We  have  found  from  our  studies  that  the  life  of  the  natural  man 
or  jailer  is  in  the  blood  and  nerve  energy.  Now  I  want  to  ask  you  a  ques- 
tion. What  is  the  life  or  enabling  forces  of  the  Soul  ?  In  the  natural  state 
it  is  the  Spirit  of  God — its  Father, — just  the  same  as  the  natural  life  of  our 
earthly  father  is  in  all  of  us. 

But  why  this  restless  uneasiness,  this  unsatisfied  longing,  this  Soul 
hunger  in  the  majority  of  people  about  us  every  day?  Why  do  people  use 
tobacco,  liquor,  drugs,  narcotics,  go  to  theatres,  card  parties  and  what  not, 
to  stifle  this  great  yearning,  this  longing  within  them?  We  have  all  had 
it — we  are  all  guilty. 

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Some  people  remind  me  of  a  mother  who  had  left  a  tender  baby  to 
starve  while  she  went  to  dances,  took  to  drinking  and  a  life  of  gaiety  to 
forget  and  drown  from  her  mind  its  pitiful  moaning  and  wailing.  The 
picture  is  not  pleasant,  is  it?  But  what  is  the  matter  with  this  Prisoner, 
the  Soul? 

The  matter  is  that  in  the  majority  of  people  he  is  dead.  The  Spirit 
of  God,  his  natural  life,  has  been  withdrawn,  and  he  is  in  a  dead,  lost  and 
hopeless  condition.  No  wonder  people  are  driven  to  distraction  by  his 
pitiful  moaning  and  wailing;  it  is  the  voice  of  a  lost  Soul.  This  is  the  abso- 
lute truth  in  the  light  of  God's  word  and  our  own  personal  experience.  But 
you  ask,  how  came  this  Soul  to  be  dead,  why  did  it  die,  what  is  the  trouble  ? 

We  are  all  familiar  with  the  story  of  the  fall  in  the  Garden  of  Eden. 
Gen.  3.  How  God  said  to  Adam  and  Eve,  "In  the  day  thou  eatest  of  that 
tree  thou  shalt  surely  die."  Eve  ate  of  the  tree,  and  gave  also  to  her 
husband  and  he  did  eat.  Did  they  die  ?  Yes,  they  died.  Well  you  say,  but 
Adam  lived  hundreds  of  years  after  that,  how  is  it  he  died  ?  Listen.  In  the 
Bible  it  says,  "The  Soul  that  sinneth  it  shall  die."  Ezekiel  18-4. 

Again  in  Hebrews  4-12  it  says,  "The  word  of  God  is  quick  and  power- 
ful, and  sharper  than  any  two  edged  sword  piercing  even  to  the  dividing 
asunder  of  Soul  and  Spirit,  and  of  the  joints  and  marrow,  and  is  a  discerner 
of  the  thoughts  and  the  intents  of  the  heart." 

Again  in  I  Tim.  5-6  we  find  these  words,  "She  who  liveth  in  pleasure 
is  dead  while  she  liveth."  We  also  find  these  words,  in  Eph.  2-1,  "And 
you  hath  he  quickened  who  were  dead  in  trespasses  and  sins." 

What  did  we  find  the  natural  life  of  the  Soul  to  be?  The  Spirit  of 
God.  What  then  happened  in  the  Garden  of  Eden  ?  The  Spirit  of  God  was 
withdrawn  from  the  Soul  of  man.  What  then  is  the  matter  with  man? 
He  has  a  dead  Soul.  But  you  ask  would  not  the  withdrawing  of  the  Spirit 
of  God,  from  the  Soul  of  man,  cause  the  immediate  death  of  the  body  also  ? 
Evidently  not,  or  the  race  would  have  become  extinct.  God  had  in  his  mind 
a  plan  for  the  restoration  of  man's  soul,  otherwise  he  probably  would  have 
caused  the  death  of  the  body  at  the  same  time.  But  nature  abhors  a 
vacuum,  so  the  devil,  the  tempter,  was  on  hand  and  entered  the  Soul  of  man 
and  injected  his  life  full  of  sin. 

We  have  found  from  our  studies  that  the  Soul  contains  the  seat  of 
emotion;  the  conscience;  the  heart  which  is  the  seat  of  the  motives  and 
intents  of  the  man — the  thoughts  are  manufactured  in  the  heart,  for  the 
Bible  says  "Out  of  the  heart  proceedeth  evil  thoughts,"  etc.,  and  speaks 
in  other  places  of  the  thoughts  of  the  heart.  Therefore  when  the  spirit  of 
the  devil  entered  the  Soul  of  man,  he  changed  the  thought;  from  pure, 
sweet,  holy  thoughts  they  became  evil  and  corrupt.  He,  the  devil,  became 
the  spiritual  father  of  the  whole  race,  and  from  having  the  natural  life  of 
God  in  our  Souls,  we  have  the  unnatural  spirit  of  the  evil  one — which  is  not 
life  but  death, — as  the  "devil  has  the  power  of  death" — therefore  he  is 

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causing  us  to  have :  1.  Evil  thoughts.  2.  Wrong  desires.  3.  He  causes  us 
to  violate  every  law  of  nature,  which  makes  us  to  be  sick,  unhappy,  etc. 
He  is  bent  on  the  destruction  of  the  body  and  he  usually  accomplishes  it  as 
early  as  possible.  The  average  life  is  said  to  be  only  about  thirty-three 
and  one-third  years. 

When  a  wise  surgeon  has  found  the  cause  of  a  disease,  he  rejoices  be- 
cause he  knows  if  the  case  is  not  incurable  he  has  the  remedy.  So  we  can 
now  rejoice  because  we  have  found  the  cause  of  our  trouble  and  what  is 
the  matter  with  us ;  God  has  the  remedy,  which  he  is  only  waiting  to  apply 
to  our  sin-sick  or  dead  Soul. 

Did  you  ever  see  a  baby  stretch  up  its  tiny  arms  to  its  mother,  when 
it  had  hurt  its  little  finger?  Oh  how  the  mother  reaches  down  and  takes 
the  little  one  up  in  her  arms  and  coddles  and  consoles  it.  Just  that  way 
does  God  reach  down  to  us,  when  the  Soul  cries,  and  lifts  up  its  arms  to 
Him.  He  then  reaches  down,  and  for  Jesus'  sake  (because  he  paid  the 
price  of  our  redemption)  or  to  have  the  Spirit  put  back  into  our  dead 
Soul,  and  also  that  the  whole  world  might  have  "Light  and  immortality 
brought  to  light."  He  destroys  the  Spirit  of  the  evil  one,  who  has  usurped 
His  place  in  our  Souls,  with  a  breath  at  His  coming  and  again  puts  His  Spirit 
within  us — then  there  comes  a  change.  Oh  joy,  oh  gladness,  this  hungry, 
dissatisfied,  discontented  Soul  is  at  last  at  rest  and  peace — the  thoughts 
change, — the  countenance  changes,  the  body  changes, — for  sorrow,  there 
is  joy,  peace  and  gladness.  Old  things  pass  away,  all  things  become  new. 
Oh  joy — Oh  rapture.  This  is  a  scientific  explanation  of  the  change  which 
takes  place  when  one  is  converted  or  begotten  of  the  Spirit. 

What  it  means  to  be  born  of  the  Spirit,  and  for  the  complete  develop- 
ment and  unfoldment  of  the  Spiritual  nature,  also  the  explanation  of  the 
fall  of  man  and  the  redemption  work  of  Christ,  by  His  death  on  Calvary, 
will  be  the  theme  of  our  next  lecture.  The  top  story  of  the  house — the 
Spiritual.    Then  our  whole  structure  will  be  completed. 


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FOURTH   LECTURE 

SPIRITUAL 

IN  our  three  preceding  lectures  on  Spiritual  Psychology  we  have  been 
engaging  our  attention  to  the  development  and  cultivation  of  the  man, 
in  our  efforts  to  make  of  ourselves  a  super-man,  or  a  superior  person.  In 
this  lecture  we  are  going  to  learn  how  it  is  possible  for  us  to  not  only  be  a 
super-man  but  how  God  can  make  of  us  a  God-man  so  we  may  live  forever 
in  happiness  and  bliss. 

We  are  coming  into  a  new  and  more  rarefied  atmosphere  as  we  ap- 
proach the  study  of  the  Spiritual.  We  are  indeed  treading  on  holy  ground. 
We  now  have  scaled  the  heights  and  have  ascended  to  the  top  of  the  moun- 
tain where  the  grandeur  and  sublimity  of  the  scene  about  us  fills  and  thrills 
us  with  wonder,  awe,  and  deep  and  holy  reverence. 

The  question  we  should  ask  ourselves  is  this.  Is  my  Soul  regener- 
ated, or  is  it  not  ?  If  it  has  been  and  you  are  sure  of  it,  you  have  nothing 
to  worry  about.  If  it  has  not  been  you  have  everything  to  worry  about, 
and  I  would  not  let  one  hour,  no  not  a  minute  pass  until  I  were  sure  of  the 
condition  my  Soul  was  in.  Delays  are  dangerous,  and  it  takes  very  little 
to  extract  the  oxygen  from  the  lungs.  When  seeking  for  regeneration  we 
must  remember  it  is  the  prisoner  or  Soul,  who  is  seeking  God, — the  natural 
man  is  doomed  to  death  and  destruction.  The  desire  must  spring  from  the 
Soul,  or  heart ; — it  must  be  a  Soul,  heart  cry  for  God,  else  He  will  not  an- 
swer us.    "When  ye  seek  me  with  your  whole  heart  ye  shall  find  me." 

Supposing  you  were  out  in  a  desert,  dying  of  thirst  and  a  caravan  came 
along  having  water,  you  would  not  casually  ask  for  a  drink,  but  you  would 
ask  as  if  your  life  depended  on  it.  "For  mercy  sake  give  me  a  drink!" 
This  is  the  method  by  which  we  must  ask  God  for  regeneration.  Again  to 
receive  from  God  His  Divine  life,  we  must  not  ask  for  our  own  sake,  (be- 
cause we  have  done  nothing  to  merit  eternal  life)  but  we  must  ask  for 
Jesus's  sake,  and  in  His  name,  because  He  has  given  His  life  for  us,  that 
we  might  have  this  wonderful  gift. 

And  there  is  no  other  name  by  which  we  can  have  access  to  the  throne 
of  God  but  by  the  name  of  Jesus.  We  cannot  just  recognize  that  we  are 
God's  children,  as  the  Scientists  do,  and  be  saved,  for  we  are  not  God's 
children  until  we  have  the  Spirit  or  life  of  God  in  our  dead  Souls,  as  we 
learned  in  our  last  lecture.    Supposing  we  wanted  to  see  President  Hard- 

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ing, — we  could  not  go  to  the  White  House  and  ask  to  see  the  President, — 
no  we  would  have  to  see  his  secretary  first;  so  to  find  God  we  must  come 
in  the  name  of  His  Only  Begotten  Son  Jesus. 

We  have  found  from  our  studies  that  the  Soul  never  sleeps  and  never 
dies,  in  the  sense  of  going  out  of  existence,  neither  can  it  be  destroyed, 
unless  God  chooses  to  destroy  it.  After  the  death  of  the  body  it  lives  on  and 
on, — either  in  happiness  or  extreme  unhappiness — Heaven  or  Hell.  If  it 
has  been  regenerated,  by  the  Spirit  of  God — its  natural  life,  in  Heaven — 
bliss — contentment.  If  regeneration  has  been  neglected,  in  Hell,  unhappy- 
ness,  sorrow,  regret,  remorse.  "How  can  we  expect  to  escape  if  we  neglect 
so  great  a  salvation  ?" 

In  our  studies  in  our  Mental  lecture  we  have  found  there  are  two 
classes  of  people  in  the  world, — the  Positive  and  the  Negative ;  the  Psychic 
and  the  Non-Psychic.  In  the  Spiritual  realm  we  again  have  two  classes  of 
people.  The  Bible  has  for  them  a  number  of  names.  Christ  called  them 
sheep  and  goats ;  in  Paul's  epistles  and  other  parts  of  the  New  Testament 
they  are  called  the  children  of  light  and  the  children  of  darkness;  the 
dead  and  the  living ;  the  children  of  day — and  children  of  night ;  the  children 
of  God  and  the  children  of  the  devil — the  saint  and  the  sinner. 

Were  I  to  ask  one  hundred  ministers  of  the  gospel  for  a  scientific  ex- 
planation of  the  change  which  transpires,  when  a  sinner  is  made  a  saint 
I  do  not  believe  one  could  give  it  unless  he  has  studied  spiritual  psychology, 
(but  we  understand  just  what  this  means,  do  we  not?). 

Now  I  would  like  to  show  you  a  picture, — not  an  X-ray  one  this  time, 
but  a  simple,  ordinary  street  parade  or  procession,  which  may  be  seen  any 
time  on  Labor  Day  or  New  Year's.  They  are  a  mixed  multitude,  all  dressed 
in  ordinary  attire,  with  one  exception. 

Each  have  about  their  necks  an  emblem,  an  electric  light  bulb;  this 
is  fastened  upon  the  breast  of  each  one,  by  the  means  of  a  white  ribbon 
about  their  necks,  so  it  is  in  plain  sight  of  all.  They  march  on  keeping  step 
to  the  music,  which  is  played  by  a  band  following  behind  in  a  band  wagon. 
We  watch  them  as  they  pass,  keeping  time,  step  by  step  wondering  greatly 
why  they  have  the  simple  contrivance  upon  their  person,  when  suddenly 
we  see  one  globe  which  is  lighted — there  is  no  wire  or  apparatus  of  any 
kind  visible — yet  it  is  lighted;  on  and  on  they  pass,  and  there  is  another 
lighted,  and  another  and  another,  until  out  of  a  hundred  people  having 
these  globes  about  them,  there  are  possibly  twenty  or  twenty-five  lighted. 

Brother,  sister,  could  we  but  see  the  Souls  of  the  people  who  pass  by 
on  our  streets  every  day,  they  would  appear  very  much  like  this  simple  il- 
lustration. The  people  whose  lamps  are  lighted  are  the  regenerated  Souls. 
The  Bible  calls  them  the  sheep,  the  children  of  light,  the  living,  the  children 
of  day,  the  children  of  God,  the  saints.  The  ones  who  have  no  light  are 
the  dead,  or  unregenerated  Souls.  The  word  speaks  of  them  in  many  places 
as  the  goats,  the  children  of  night ;  children  of  darkness,  the  children  of  the 
devil,  the  sinner. 

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Here  I  differ  with  much  of  our  present  day  teaching  and  the  opinions 
of  many  very  brilliant  people  who  say  that  God  is  within — born  within  the 
human  Soul — it  may  be  in  a  child,  but  as  soon  as  that  child  sins,  the  light 
is  shut  off  for  "All  have  sinned  and  come  short  of  the  Glory  of  God."  If 
the  Bible  is  true,  and  I  stake  my  life  on  the  fact  that  it  is,  as  will  thousands 
of  thorough  Bible  students  all  over  the  U.  S.  and  Europe,  the  Soul  is  in  a 
dead  and  unregenerated  state,  until  acted  upon  by  the  Spirit  of  God,  and 
I  want  to  say  right  here  that  it  is  as  impossible  for  a  man  to  restore  his 
own  Soul  by  his  own  good  works  or  anything  he  can  do,  as  it  is  for  a  new 
born  baby  to  arise  and  dress  himself.  No  one  can  restore  the  Soul  or  put 
life  into  it  but  God,  neither  can  anyone  destroy  the  Soul  but  God.  We  are 
entirely  dependent  upon  His  Mercy. 

"Fear  not  they  who  kill  the  body,  but  cannot  kill  the  Soul,  but  fear  Him 
who  has  power  to  destroy  both  Soul  and  body  in  Hell."  Now  I  would  like 
to  show  you  another  picture — this  will  be  a  very  beautiful  one.  Let  us  travel 
back  through  history,  back,  back,  thousands  upon  thousands  of  years  to 
the  Garden  of  Eden.  'Mid  a  scene  of  wondrous  beauty,  in  a  garden  where 
tropical  fernery  and  trees  grew  in  profusion,  where  the  fragrance  of  a 
million  blossoming  flowers  pervaded  the  atmosphere;  where  the  days  were 
fairer  than  the  fairest  day  known  on  earth,  where  the  choruses  of  warbling 
birds  in  silver  cadences  sing  from  morn  till  evening;  where  wild  animals 
were  gentle  and  tame  as  our  domesticated  animals.  Where  streams  of  crys- 
tal water  flowed,  tinkling  and  rippling,  winding  their  way  through  green 
beds  of  fernery.  Where  trees,  luxuriant,  blossoming  and  fruitful,  yield 
all  the  food  which  man  required  to  sustain  his  never  ending  life.  Where 
never  rain  or  storm,  or  wind  or  cloud  arose  to  disturb  the  wondrous  beauty 
and  harmony  of  the  primitive  paradise  upon  earth.  Here  in  divine  and 
tender  compassion  God  created  for  His  own  pleasure,  His  son  Adam,  "In 
His  own  image  created  He  him."  When  He  had  finished  all  His  creation 
He  pronounced  it  good,  very  good.  Then  Adam  was  lonesome  and  God 
created  him  a  mate — a  counterpart  of  himself — taken  out  of  his  side — bone 
of  his  bone,  flesh  of  his  flesh,  and  oh  how  he  loved  her! — there  were  no 
divorces  in  Eden — simply  a  blending  of  two  lives  which  God  had  divinely 
appointed  for  each  other.  Here  in  this  beautiful  Garden, — in  perfect  har- 
mony with  God — in  harmony  with  each  other,  in  harmony  with  nature,  not 
subject  to  disease,  or  death,  living  on  all  the  fruits  of  the  garden, — only 
one  was  forbidden, — could  you  imagine  a  more  exquisite  Heaven  than  this  ? 
One  day  there  came  a  change. 

The  devil  in  the  form  of  a  serpent  suggested  to  Eve.  Gen.  3-1.  "Hast 
God  said,  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  all  the  trees  of  the  Garden."  The  woman  re- 
plying said,  "We  may  eat  of  all  the  trees  of  the  garden;  but  of  the  fruit 
of  the  tree  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the  garden  God  hath  said,  ye  shall  not 
eat  of  it  neither  shall  ye  touch  it  lest  ye  die." 

(God  said  nothing  about  touching  the  tree,  in  this  she  did  not  quote 
God's  Word  correctly)  and  the  devil  saw  his  vantage  ground,  and  said  "Ye 
shall  not  surely  die."    "For  God  doth  know  that  in  the  day  ye  eat  thereof, 

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then  your  eyes  shall  be  opened,  and  ye  shall  be  as  Gods  knowing  good  and 
evil."  And  when  the  woman  saw  that  the  tree  was  good  for  food  and  that 
it  was  pleasant  to  the  eyes,  and  a  tree  to  be  desired  to  make  one  wise,  she 
took  of  the  fruit  thereof  and  did  eat,  and  gave  also  unto  her  husband  and 
he  did  eat.  "And  their  eyes  were  opened,  and  they  knew  they  were  naked." 
(With  this  we  will  take  another  scripture.)  "The  Soul  that  sinneth  it  shall 
die — God  said  "In  the  day  thou  eatest  of  that  tree  thou  shalt  surely  die." 
"He  restoreth  my  Soul"  (showing  it  had  been  dead).  (Sin  had  entered  and 
the  Soul  had  died.)  And  they  knew  they  were  naked,  and  they  sewed  fig 
leaves  together  and  made  them  aprons. 

And  they  heard  the  voice  of  the  Lord  God  walking  in  the  garden  in 
the  cool  of  day,  and  Adam  and  his  wife  hid  themselves  from  the  presence  of 
the  Lord  God,  amongst  the  trees  of  the  Garden.  And  the  Lord  God  called 
unto  Adam  and  said  unto  him,  Where  art  thou?  And  he  said  I  heard  thy 
voice  in  the  garden,  and  I  was  afraid,  because  I  was  naked,  and  I  hid  my- 
self. And  he  said  who  told  thee  thou  wast  naked  ?  Hast  thou  eaten  of  the 
tree  whereof  I  commanded  thee  that  thou  shouldst  not  eat?  And  the  man 
said  "The  woman  thou  gavest  to  be  with  me,  she  gave  me  of  the  tree,  and 
I  did  eat.  (Isn't  that  just  like  human  nature,  to  blame  some  other  person 
for  our  own  sin?)  And  the  Lord  God  said  unto  the  woman  "What  is  this 
that  thou  hast  done  ?  And  the  woman  said,  "The  serpent  beguiled  me,  and  I 
did  eat." 

(Eve  followed  Adam's  example  by  blaming  the  serpent  for  her  sin.) 
Is  this  allegorical,  or  simply  a  story  of  fiction?  No  indeed,  it  is  not,  if  it 
is  then  the  whole  Bible  is  not  true,  and  we  have  no  hope  whatever  for  our 
faith.  (If  they  had  then  fallen  upon  their  faces,  confessed  their  sin  and 
begged  God  for  forgiveness,  possibly  He  would  have  made  their  punish- 
ment lighter,  or  revoked  it  entirely,  but  they  did  not  do  this,  nor  did  they 
show  any  repentance  or  sorrow  whatsoever,  for  their  sin.) 

But  as  God's  Spirit  had  been  withdrawn  from  their  Souls  and  the 
Holy  Spirit  had  not  yet  been  given  to  draw  men's  hearts  back  to  God,  there 
was  not  the  Spirit  of  repentance.  Then  followed  God's  curse,  first  upon 
the  serpent ;  then  upon  the  woman,  then  upon  Adam ;  then  upon  the  ground ; 
for  man's  sake — and  later  upon  the  whole  creation — for  "The  Whole  Crea- 
tion groaneth  and  travaileth  in  pain  together  until  now." 

Although  nature  is  in  harmony  with  the  laws  of  God  as  we  learned 
in  our  first  lecture,  yet  all  creation  is  under  the  curse  (temporarily,  how- 
ever) for  the  time  is  fast  approaching  when  the  "Desert  will  blossom  as  a 
rose" — and  the  curse  will  be  removed  as  we  will  learn  later.  Before  God 
drove  Adam  and  Eve  out  of  the  beautiful  Garden  wherein  they  were  cre- 
ated, He  gave  them  a  promise,  in  obscure  language,  Gen.  3-15.  "And  I  will 
put  enmity  between  thee  and  the  woman,  and  between  thy  seed  and  her 
seed,  it  shall  bruise  thy  head  and  thou  shalt  bruise  his  heel."  In  other 
words  God  said,  "From  the  woman  shall  I  raise  up  a  seed  (Christ)  who  shall 
destroy  what  the  devil  or  serpent  has  done." 

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And  the  Lord  God  said,  "Behold  the  man  is  become  as  one  of  us,  to 
know  good  and  evil  and  now  lest  he  put  forth  his  hand  and  take  also  of  the 
tree  of  life  and  eat,  and  live  forever."  Therefore  the  Lord  God  sent  him 
forth  from  the  Garden  of  Eden,  to  till  the  ground  from  whence  he  was 
taken. 

The  condition  of  Adam  and  Eve  when  they  were  driven  out  of  Eden 
has  been  the  condition  the  world  has  been  in  for  six  thousand  years.  A 
dead  Soul — a  dying  body — the  ground  cursed,  so  it  is  a  struggle  to  make  a 
living.  Generations  growing  weaker  and  wiser — in  the  early  days  men 
lived  to  be  800  or  900  years  old,  now  the  average  life  is  thirty-three  and 
one-third  years.  Unless  there  is  some  change,  the  race  will  be  extinct  with 
a  few  more  generations.  But  a  change  is  coming,  thank  God.  God  has  not 
forgotten  his  promise,  and  in  due  time  there  came  one  who  was  born  of  a 
woman,  after  the  flesh,  whose  Father  was  God.  Matt.  1-23.  "Behold  a 
virgin  shall  be  with  child  and  shall  bring  forth  a  son,  and  they  shall  call 
his  name  Emmanuel,  which  being  interpreted  is  God  with  us,  and  he  shall 
save  his  people  from  their  sins." 

Long  had  the  Prophets  heralded  the  glad  cry  of  the  coming  Saviour  of 
the  world,  and  on  that  memorable  night  the  Angels  appeared  to  the  Shep- 
herds— with  the  message  "For  unto  you  is  born  this  day  in  the  city  of 
David  a  Saviour  who  is  Christ  the  Lord."  "Peace  on  earth  Good  Will  to- 
ward men." 

"But  he  came  to  His  own  and  His  own  received  Him  not, — but  as  many 
as  received  Him  to  them  gave  He  power  to  become  the  Sons  of  God,  even 
to  those  who  believe  on  His  name" — Christ  did  not  say  that  He  came  to 
show  us  that  we  were  Sons  of  God,  all  we  had  to  do  was  to  recognize  it,  as 
the  Scientists  would  have  us  believe,  but  He  gave  us  power  through  the 
New  Birth  to  become  Sons  of  God.  He  said  to  Nicodemus  "Ye  must  be 
born  again,  in  other  words,  "Have  the  Spirit  of  God  replaced  in  your 
dead — or  devil  inhabited  Souls.  This  is  the  meaning  of  the  term  justifica- 
tion, forgiveness  of  sins,  etc.  Christ's  death  on  the  cross  purchased  for  us 
redemption  of  spirit,  soul  and  body.  We  are  all  familiar  with  His  life  and 
sacrificial  death.  How  He  established  His  Divinity  as  a  Son  of  God  by  the 
performance  of  many  and  various  miracles — raising  the  dead,  healing  the 
sick,  turning  water  into  wine,  stilling  the  tempests,  casting  out  demons, 
feeding  multitudes  with  a  few  loaves  and  fishes,  walking  on  the  water, 
etc.,  etc.  After  His  work  had  been  completed  He  died  to  pay  our  death 
penalty  and  to  redeem  us  from  sin.  After  lying  in  the  grave  three  days, 
He  arose  with  a  glorious  resurrection  from  the  dead.  He  was  then  seen 
by  hundreds  of  people,  after  which  time  He  ascended  into  Heaven.  "For 
God  so  loved  the  world  that  He  gave  His  Only  Begotten  Son  that  whoso- 
ever believeth  in  Him  should  not  perish  but  have  everlasting  life." 
John  3-16. 

Many  people  have  censured  God  for  giving  His  Own  Son  to  be  mar- 
tyred, in  the  world;  but  Jesus  gave  Himself  freely  to  the  world,  and  did 
it  for  the  joy  that  was  set  before  Him.     "Who  for  the  joy  that  was  set 

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before  Him  endured  the  cross, — despised  the  shame,  and  because  He  has 
done  this  work  of  redemption,  God  has  given  Him  a  name  above  all  other 
names,  "For  at  the  name  of  Jesus,  every  knee  shall  bow,  and  every  tongue 
shall  confess,  that  He  is  King  of  Kings  and  Lord  of  Lords. 

Many  people  are  in  complete  darkness  concerning  the  redemption, 
the  atonement.  In  the  study  of  the  character  of  God  we  find  Him  pos- 
sessed with  many  attributes.  God  as  a  Creator — is  a  God  of  Infinite  In- 
telligence. We  have  already  found  He  operates  through  fixed  immutable 
law — Spiritual  laws  and  natural  laws.  We  have  found  Him  to  be  a  God 
of  harmony,  order,  system,  rhythm,  love  and  fixed,  immutable,  unchange- 
able law. 

As  a  Father  we  have  found  Him  to  possess  all  the  love,  tenderness, 
solicitousness  of  the  father  and  mother  combined,  "Like  as  a  father  piti- 
eth  his  children  so  the  Lord  pitieth  them  who  fear  Him."  As  a  judge — 
we  have  not  yet  considered  Him.  Supposing  in  our  Superior  Court  in  Los 
Angeles  we  have  a  judge  in  jurisdiction  over  a  Criminal  Court,  in  whom 
we  place  great  confidence  as  a  man  of  authority,  integrity,  honor  and 
justice.  A  crime  has  been  committed.  The  author  of  the  crime  has  been 
proven  guilty  by  a  number  of  competent  witnesses,  he  himself  having 
pleaded  guilty.  Supposing  the  sentence  for  such  a  crime  was  life  time  im- 
prisonment in  the  penitentiary.  What  would  we  think  of  the  judge,  if  he 
frankly  forgave  the  man  and  allowed  the  guilty  man  to  go  free?  Certainly 
he  would  not  keep  his  position  very  long. 

God  is  a  just  Judge — He  made  a  command,  and  gave  the  penalty.  Man 
violated  the  command — disobeyed  God,  was  found  guilty.  The  sentence 
must  be  carried  out  to  satisfy  Divine  justice.  The  price  of  sin  must  be 
paid.  There  must  be  a  sacrifice.  "The  wages  of  sin  is  death,  but  the  gift 
of  God  is  eternal  life  through  Jesus  Christ."  "Without  the  shedding  of 
blood  there  is  no  remission  of  sin."  So  Jesus  offered  himself,  to  pay  the 
redemption  price  of  our  transgression.  The  just  for  the  unjust,  that 
through  His  sacrificial  death  on  the  cross,  we  might  go  free. 

When  Christ  on  the  cross  said,  "It  is  finished,"  He  had  satisfied  Divine 
justice,  purchased  our  redemption  with  His  own  precious  blood.  But  it 
was  a  great  joy  to  Him  to  do  this, — and  He  likened  His  joy  to  "A  woman 
in  travail  who  hath  sorrow,  but  as  soon  as  she  is  delivered  she  has  joy  for  a 
man  child  is  brought  into  the  world." 

And  because  of  His  great  sacrifice  "Whosoever  will  may  come  and 
take  of  the  water  of  life  freely."  And  this  is  not  all  He  has  done.  For 
within  a  short  time, — we  cannot  tell  how  long — all  the  indications  are  that 
it  will  be  within  a  few  years — this  "Same  Jesus  will  come  again  in  like 
manner  as  ye  have  seen  Him  go" — then  "The  dead  in  Christ  shall  rise,  and 
we  that  are  alive  and  remain  shall  be  caught  up  to  meet  Him  in  the  air" — 
then  the  curse  shall  be  removed,  "Old  things  shall  pass  away  and  behold 
all  things  will  become  new."     "Nations  shall  beat  their  swords  into  plow 

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shares  and  their  spears  into  pruning  hooks," — then  the  "desert  shall  blos- 
som as  a  rose," — "The  lamb  and  the  lion  shall  lie  down  together,"  and  there 
will  be  one  thousand  years  of  peace  on  earth,  good  will  to  men. 

From  our  studies  we  have  found  the  law  of  development  to  be  sys- 
tematic exercise.  The  law  of  growth  is  the  consumption  of  food.  Faith 
is  the  law  of  the  Spiritual  Life.  We  are  now  assuming  that  the  union  be- 
tween our  Soul  and  God  has  taken  place — we  have  repented,  or  turned  away 
from  our  sins,  accepted  Christ  as  our  personal  Saviour,  and  have  sought 
God  with  our  whole  heart,  and  we  now  have  our  sins  forgiven,  and  we  have 
been  begotten  of  the  Spirit  within  our  Souls,  as  it  were,  a  "Baby  Spirit" 
which  must  be  cared  for  and  tenderly  nourished,  or  else  it  will  not  grow 
and  flourish.  Its  food  is:  1.  The  reading  of  God's  Word.  2.  The  associa- 
tion of  God's  people — Christians,  and  personal  testimony.  3.  The  Com- 
munion with  Christ.  4.  The  life  of  prayer.  5.  The  overcoming  of  tempta- 
tions which  will  come  upon  us  from  the  world,  the  flesh  and  the  devil. 
6.  The  obedience  in  every  particular  to  God's  Word.  7.  The  yielding  of  our 
will,  our  lives — even  our  bodies  to  the  Spirit  of  God  within  our  Souls.  As 
we  do  this  the  Spiritual  Life  grows  larger  and  larger,  while  the  old  man 
grows  less  and  less. 

The  Prisoner  or  Soul,  now  behind  the  bars,  writing  his  eternal  record, 
— caring  for  the  body — operating  all  its  functions,  containing  the  heart 
the  seat  of  emotion,  is  at  last  filled  with  Divine  life — His  natural  life — He 
is  no  more  sorrowful  or  sad,  his  life  is  full  of  joy,  peace,  happiness  and 
satisfaction — He  knows  all  things  and,  he  realizes  in  only  a  short  time  he 
will  be  free  to  fly  away  to  his  eternal  abode  to  live  in  peace,  happiness,  and 
bliss  forever. 

No  wonder  the  true  Christians  have  a  joy,  a  peace,  a  happiness  the 
world  cannot  understand.  They  are  the  most  satisfied  people  on  earth  be- 
cause their  Soul  has  been  restored  and  they  are  now  as  Adam  and  Eve  in 
Eden's  Garden.  In  harmony  with  God  and  filled  with  His  Spirit;  in  har- 
mony with  their  fellow-men — and  only  awaiting  the  redemption  of  their 
bodies. 


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